Falling Mtn
Facts
- Official Name: Falling Mountain
- Seismically Monitored: No
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- Elevation: 1160m (3805ft)
- Latitude: 58.25457
- Longitude: -155.17474
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Nearby Towns:
- Karluk 54 mi (87 km) SE
- Kanatak 57 mi (92 km) SW
- King Salmon 62 mi (99 km) NW
- Larsen Bay 66 mi (106 km) SE
- Bristol Bay Borough 73 mi (118 km) NW
Distance from Anchorage: 275 mi (442 km)
Description
From Wood and Kienle (1990) [1] : "Falling Mountain and Mount Cerberus are the twin domes of pyroxene dacite (64% SiO2) that frame the entrance to Katmai Pass. They are similar in volume (each 0.25 cubic km), composition, lithology, and weathering. Although undated, they are thought to be of early Holocene age because their carapaces are degraded but not significantly glaciated. The two domes are compositionally similar (but not identical) to 1912 dacite. Together with the rhyolitic Novarupta dome, they define a 3-km-long line parallel to, but 4 km behind, the volcanic front."Name Origin
Falling Mountain was named in 1917 by R.F. Griggs, because of the freqent avalanches down its flanks (Orth, 1971).